Saturday’s matchup between the Central Michigan Chippewas (5-4, 3-1 MAC) and the Buffalo Bulls (3-4, 2-1 MAC) meet at Alumni Stadium in Buffalo, New York, will be a watermark game for both programs, as this cross-division rivalry could potentially determine their MAC divisional fates.
Last season’s game in Mt. Pleasant proved to be the lowest point for CMU in a season full of them, as the Bulls all but assured CMU would be unable to compete for a bowl game down the line. It was a game so frustrating, I can vividly remember radio play-by-play announcer Don Choido lambasting the team’s performance in the post-game commentary with an timbre I’d never heard him reach in nearly seven years of my fandom.